Monday, March 29, 2010

"Only at Franiscan..." Moments

I met with Fr. Jim this morning and it went really well. I think he's really going to be able to help me. That's not really what I'm writing about here though. I want to share with you something that just happened to me. I ran into Fr. Rick in the student center. I e-mailed him last night to let him know I was meeting with Fr. Jim this morning and to also thank him for the constant encouragement to go see a counselor. Well, when I saw him in the student center, I let him know that I talked to Fr. Jim and it went really well. He looked into my eyes and said, "Catherine, you have no idea how happy that makes me to hear you say that." I smiled and said, "Well, I'm stubborn as can be and I wouldn't have done it if you hadn't gotten on my case about it." Then he said, "Pray for humility." He then placed his hand on my head and started praying over me...IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STUDENT CENTER! I was like "Wow!! This is SOOOOOO COOL!!!" Moments like that are what we here at Franciscan call "Only at Franciscan Moments" and that was definitely one of them. Haha. But Fr. Rick prayed that I would be open to God's healing and for humility so I would be less stubborn. Haha. Me, less stubborn? Yeah right. lol. But it was so beautiful. Something like this NEVER would have happened at Xavier. During my time at XU, I felt like the priests cared, but there was just something missing. Here at Franciscan, they truly believe in the power of prayer. I'm not saying the Jesuits at Xavier don't, because I know at least one who is all about the power of prayer, but here, it's just different. Fr. Rick has been such a blessing in my life and it all started from me randomly going to him in Confession. Praise God for the work he's doing in my life!

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